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Prealbumin Blood Test

Missouri rates for HCPCS 84134

This blood test measures the level of prealbumin, a protein made by the liver that reflects a person's recent nutritional status. It is used to help assess malnutrition or monitor nutritional recovery, since its level changes more quickly than some other nutrition-related blood markers.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Prealbumin Blood Test cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.13$8.71 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$18.62 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.50
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.39

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$17.38

VT $89.13MD $10.96

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.